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Muscari neglectum

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#578 They called me Muscari neglectum, also known as Etheiranthus jacquinii, Muscari elwesii, Botryanthus saulii, Muscari letourneuxii, Botryanthus strangwaysii, Muscari strangwaysii, Muscari vinyalsii, Muscari vandasii, Muscari conillii, and Muscari grossheimii. I pay homage to the male botanists Henry John Elwes, Saul (I couldn’t find his records), Letourneux (I couldn’t find his records), Strangways (I couldn’t find his records), Vinyals (I couldn’t find his records), Vandas (I couldn’t find his records), Conill (I couldn’t find his records), Alexander Alfonsovich Grossheim, and Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, or Joseph Franz von Jacquin. They first catalogued me in 1841.

Native to Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Austria, Baleares, Belarus, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Is., Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kirgizstan, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Morocco, North Caucasus, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, Sinai, South European Russi, Spain, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, and Yugoslavia.

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Medicago littoralis

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#576 They called me Medicago littoralis, also known as Medicago braunii. I pay homage to the male botanist Alexander Braun, Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Braun, or Alexander Karl Heinrich Braun. They first catalogued me in 1810.

Native to Albania, Algeria, Baleares, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, North Caucasus, Palestine, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Sinai, Spain, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, and Yugoslavia.

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Umbilicus horizontalis

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#566 They called me Umbilicus horizontalis, also known as Umbilicus rodriguezii. I pay homage to the male botanist Águedo Marrero Rodriguez. They first catalogued me in 1828.

Native to Albania, Algeria, Azores, Baleares, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Corse, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Eritrea, Greece, Gulf States, Iran, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Selvagens, Sicilia, Sinai, Socotra, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, and Yugoslavia.